The purpose of this list if to help you understand types of
activities available and chose most suitable for you. Please, keep
in mind that this list is far from complete! What if you found
nothing suitable for you and you have your own ideas and proposals
- we will be just happy. Please, call and write. We will be
grateful for all kinds of help and support.
Area of work
Description/ Requirements to volunteer
Seeds collection
Seeds are needed for "Let's restore our forest" project to found
school nursery forests.
As seeds of different types of trees get mature and fall down in
different time seeds collection takes place from May till
February.
Forest restoration
Volunteers restore forests in Moscow and Leningrad regions.
Main planting season - spring and autumn.
Requirements to volunteer:
* not younger than 16 y.o.,
* experience in hiking
* own hiking equipment.
Garbage collection
Garbage collection in forest parks, nature territories, cleaning of
open water reservoirs in Moscow and St.Petersburg, Moscow and
Leningrad regions.
All garbage collected first gets sorted (glass, paper, carton,
polyethylene, rags and so on) and then goes for recycling.
Period: from spring till autumn.
Project "Kids for forest"
Together with schoolchildren from different regions of Russia
volunteers take part in trees planting camps on grounds which are
low-grade, not suitable for agriculture.
Requirements to volunteer:
* not younger than 18 y.o.
* able to get along with children and work in the field
Fire extinguishing
Taking part in mobile fire-fighting group.
Most of people work to prevent and extinguish grass fires on the
territory of natural reserve "Zuravlinaya rodina" ("Fatherland of
crane") - in Taldom district of Moscow region.
Requirements to volunteer:
Not younger than 18 y.o.
Inspections
Volunteers collect information about environmental law violations,
draw up reports and send them to respective institutions for follow
up.
In Greenpeace special training program is designed for public
inspectors.
Inspections can be on foot (with elements of autostop) or on
bikes.
Trips take place during weekends and sometimes during working
days.
Protest actions
Volunteers take part in protest actions.
Protest actions are one of the most important instruments of
Greenpeace operations. During these actions one very important rule
is always respected - they are to be nonviolent.
Requirements to volunteer:
Not younger than 18 y.o.
Eco-education
Greenpeace volunteers give lectures and seminars at schools of
Moscow and St.Petersburg talking about conditions of environment
and Greenpeace activities.
Information tables
Key objectives of information tables:
* popularization of environment and health
consciousness,
* collection of signatures,
* new supporters recruitment.
Help at the offices/OtherMail distribution list
Assistance in distribution of Greenpeace print materials
Translation
of texts from foreign languages
Texts - different level of complexity, in English, German and
other languages.
Requirements to volunteer:
* fluency in written foreign language
* experience in translation work.
Drawing, design
* draw posters for actions,
* design bulletin "Volunteer",
* design stickers, posters.
Work with newspapers
* screen newspapers for environment protection related
news,
* systematize editions,
* sort editions by files,
* develop electronic database.
Work on the telephone
Distribution among volunteers of information about activities
planned
Courier help
Trips on request
Collection of signatures
Collection of signatures in Moscow, St.Petersburg, Moscow and
Leningrad region.
Requirements to volunteer:
Not younger than 18 y.o.
Information collection
Collection of information on the internet, its systematization
and preliminary processing.